Kelly Mackey asked Zoe Saadia:

Hello, Is your series appropriate for a 7th grader reading at a 12th grade reading level? Please advise, Kelly

Zoe Saadia Hello Kelly,

Thank you for your interest in these novels :-)

It is difficult to answer your question, as I know several kids of ages 12 and on that enjoyed these novels, especially the Rise of the Aztecs series, as those are full of action-adventure and some teenagers characters that appeal to the younger audience. Still, while bordering on the Young Adult genre, these books were not intended as such, containing their share of warfare and an occasional lovemaking, not graphic or detailed but there (the young people of six, eight hundred years ago were forced to grow up earlier than the teenagers of our times :-)).

So all in all, I would advise you to read the novel/s in question yourself and see if you consider them fit for the younger audience.
Please, feel free to message me here on Goodreads, or at zoe.saadia@gmail.com to discuss any of it further :-)

All the best,
Zoe :-)

P.S. You can also find plenty of reader-friendly articles for young audience concerning this history here on my site www.precolumbianhistory.com . Enjoy :-)

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